I Am Alaska

alaskadrifter said:
Is it not possible for both sides to coexist in SEA? Especially with UAL having pulled out recently?
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Very possible. I think that's likely what we'll see. There will be dynamic changes, particularly with the smaller company, but this isn't a war in the sense everyone thinks. Delta is doing what Alaska said they couldn't or weren't interested in doing for them, and if there is collateral damage, so be it. I think they can both exist just fine. UAL has far from pulled out of SEA, they just cancelled the SEA-NRT flight. In fact SEA-SFO has moved to more mainline in the last month or so.
 
alaskadrifter said:
Is it not possible for both sides to coexist in SEA? Especially with UAL having pulled out recently?
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SEA is pretty much maxed out as far as space/gates go. The only real feasible area to add gates is to the N-Gates, which is part of the Alaska Plan.

UA does have a pretty steady operation at SEA, not what they were, but still plenty of CAL tails running around.

Talk is that UA moves to the S-gates...DL takes over all of the A gates when USAirways moves to D to be with AA. Port of Seattle is going to add FIS to the A-Concourse and it does have WB capable gates. If that happens, you might see DL knock down their MX hangar and build A southwards (assuming they can build it north of the current terminal area).

It's all just posturing...I'm not going to start leaving flaming bags of poo on @Derg 's porch just because he flies for an airline that confuses it's pilots and makes them think they're Soviet submarines commanders.
 
Kingairer said:
What's up with PDX? Is it just to small to be a viable west coast/Asian gateway/hub?
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DL had a really nice trans-Pac operation back in the day...MD-11's flying to Japan and beyond...however, the Port/Customs agents got a bad reputation (aka, DePortland), then the Asian market went sour. Had DL kept a smaller operation there, you might see PDX being the area of concentration (More space for sure)

SEA has a higher O&D market and larger companies that have ties to Asia/Europe.

For me, I wish AS had gone with a stronger code share with DL...our services and routes were very complementary to each other. Most think it's a feud of former lovers...I stand on the side of "Look over here we're fighting (waves hand)...oh no, don't look over there (shaking hands behind the scenes)". (Just an opinion of a lowly gear-putter-upper)
 
Sure looks like a fight to me. I remember when the fight in Denver was frontier and SW. People were fiercely loyal to frontier, but overtime they lost market share. Perhaps Alaska is different.
 
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